Upstream mega-projects: implications for crude trade and refining
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*Please note that this report only includes an Excel data file if this is indicated in "What's included" below
Report summary
Table of contents
- Executive summary
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Mega-projects
- Pre-salt Brazil
- Petrobras crisis risks production growth
- Johan Sverdrup
- Mega-project crude quality is strikingly similar
- Volumes will trade at a discount to Brent
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Markets for pre-salt Brazil
- Pre-salt pushes supply beyond refining capacity
- Refinery cancellations mean more exports
- Pre-salt is Asia-bound
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Markets for Johan Sverdrup
- Europe's refining industry is shrinking
- Some volumes will go beyond northern Europe
Tables and charts
This report includes the following images and tables:
- Expected trade flows of mega-project crude by 2025
- Brazil liquids production
- North Sea liquids production
- Mega-project oil reserves (billions of barrels) by crude quality
- Atlantic basin* heavy crude production (<29° API)
- Incremental supply from Atlantic basin by API band
- Brazilian production versus refining throughput
What's included
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